JAMDA
April 16, 2024
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JAMDA
December 26, 2023
Malnutrition and Polypharmacy in Older Adult Patients Receiving Home Care Nursing Services: A Cross-sectional Study
We studied the nutritional status of older adult adults receiving home nursing care using demographic data, household category, polypharmacy, and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs).
Podcast
May 9, 2023
Caring On-The-Go | May 2023
JAMDA
March 17, 2023
Institutional Factors Associated with Residents’ Malnutrition in Nursing Homes: A Cross-Sectional Study
Malnutrition is frequent in older adults, associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and higher costs. Nursing home residents are especially affected, and evidence on institutional factors associated with malnutrition is limited. We calculated the prevalence of malnutrition in Swiss nursing home resid...
JAMDA
September 16, 2022
Combined Effects of Cognitive Impairment and Nutritional Trajectories on Functional Recovery for Older Patients after Hip-Fracture Surgery
Malnutrition and cognitive impairment are associated with poor functional recovery in older adults following hip-fracture surgery. This study examined the combined effects of cognitive impairment and nutritional trajectories on postoperative functional recovery for older adults following hip-fracture surge...
JAMDA
August 22, 2022
Initial BMI and Weight Loss over Time Predict Mortality in Parkinson Disease
Although weight loss is a frequent symptom in Parkinson disease (PD), there have been few studies on the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between BMI and change in BMI at diagnosis in patients with PD and all-cause morta...
JAMDA
August 17, 2022
Nutritional Management in Adult Patients With Dysphagia: Position Paper From Japanese Working Group on Integrated Nutrition for Dysphagic People
This position paper prepared by the Japanese Working Group on Integrated Nutrition for Dysphagic People (JWIND) aims to summarize the need for nutritional management in adult patients with dysphagia, the issues that nutrition professionals should address, and the promising approaches as well as to propose ...
JAMDA
February 18, 2022
Impact of Sarcopenia and Obesity on Gait Speed After Total Knee Replacement
Older adults with sarcopenic obesity have a higher risk of experiencing mobility difficulty. Additionally, sarcopenia and obesity are closely associated with knee osteoarthritis. This study investigated the associations of sarcopenia, obesity, and in combination of both with walking disability during posto...
JAMDA
January 2, 2022
Reimagining Nutrition Care and Mealtimes in Long-Term Care
Poor food and fluid intake and subsequent malnutrition and dehydration of residents are common, longstanding challenges in long-term care (LTC; eg, nursing homes, care homes, skilled nursing facilities). Institutional factors like inadequate nutrition care processes, food quality, eating assistance, and me...
JAMDA
December 23, 2021